Came home sunday night and our side by side fridge freezer was not working, just the fan is running, how do i locate a repairman, since this monday is a holiday. i have frozen buckets of water, and placed bags of ice in the freezer compartment to try and keep the fridge part cooler,and placed the buckets in the fridge side as well, can any one help?

thanks for the info, however the compressor was extreamly hot, shut it off over nite, and tried again in the morning to no avail. trying to find a repairman, as this unit is still under warranty.thanks for the info, however the compressor was extreamly hot, shut it off over nite, and tried again in the morning to no avail. trying to find a repairman, as this unit is still under warranty.

Any frost on back wall of freezer section. If so you have a defrost system problem. If you can hear a hum followed by a click the problem is with the compressor. In back of the refrigerator is a removable panel. remove it and carefully check if the compressor is hot. A cold compressor indicates no power to the compressor which would be related to the temperature control or defrost timer.Defrost timers are normally located in the area of the temperature controls. Locate the timer and rotate the clutch head screw clockwise slowly until it makes one click. If the timer is the cause of no power to the compressor the compressor will restart. If the problem is defrost related this same action will start the defrost which should take place in 18-22 minutes. If defrost of the freezer coil takes place and the compressor does not restart after the time indicated (wait 30 minutes) rotate the screw slowly one more click and the compressor should restart. If you had to rotate the screw the second time the problem is your defrost timer.

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its your defrost heater or defrost thermostat located on the evaporator coil behind the rear cover panel inside the freezer thats open or bad,if the coil is iced over it cant take cold air from freezer to the refrige via the fan,also make sure this fan is operating too

Sounds like either your evaporator fan is bad, or your condensor fan is bad underneath your fridge or your condensor lines are dirty. I would check those things out first.The evaporator fan is located in the freezer behind the back panel. You should be able to here and feel the fan. Good luck!

Most likely, if you can hear the compressor running, the fan inside the freezer is not working. When the compressor is running, open the freezer and listen for the fan running. If you don't hear it, locate it and, with a voltmeter, test for voltage across the terminals. If you have voltage present, replace the fan. You can buy replacement fans at a local appliance parts store, internet parts suppliers, even ebay.

Have same problem on a 2 month old Kenmore 106.5794*700. side by side. I can see ice / frost build up behind the lower baffle on fridge side. Does not seem to be any airflow from freezer side to fridge side. Freezer is extremely cold, it is about -23F. I read that 0F would be normal. Fridge side is warmish, running at about about +50F when it should be about +32 to +38F.

I'm not 100% sure but I think the compressor is also running all the time as well. Either that or a Fan or something running. That kinda points to a stuck thermostat or some thing causing it to stick. I suspect that if the Freezer thermostat which is located in the Fridge compartment just may to rely on air flow from the freezer side via a duct, if this duct is blocked, the Freezer Thermostat misread the freezer compartment temperature and will always activate the compressor. Wish I had more details on exactly how the freezer thermostat works.

So after reading various forums on this it looks like a defrost issue causing the ice or frost build up or maybe just a faulty thermostat. Maybe there is a common circuit control board for these two functions?

As this is still in Warrranty I have a Sears Tech coming on Monday 14th Jan 08. I'll be interested to see what he does.

This unit uses the cold air from the freezer to cool the fridge, you will find that the air duct has frozen up, completly defrost overnight with the doors open, this should rectify fault.
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